Portable derailer.



No. 875,996. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

S. W. HAYES.

PORTABLE DBRAILER. APPLIOATION FILED 001.218.1906.

UNrrno- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PORTABLE DERAILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed October 18y1906l Serial N0. 339,438-

use may be required, and the invention 0011- l sists in the provision ofan improved device for this purpose which is capable of secureattachment to the roadbed, irrespective of the size of the rail, andwhich also involves other advantages and improvements as will behereinafter fully explained and more particularly pointed out in theaccompanying claims.

The drawin s which form a part of this specification ilustrate apreferred form of the embodiment of my invention, but it will beunderstood that the invention is by no means limited to the style andconstruction of the device illustrated.

Referring to the said drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of theportable derail secured in position on the rail, the latter being shownin section; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the' same view ed from theoutside of the track; Fig. 3 a similar View from the inside of thetrack; and Fig. 4 is a top plan.

'lhe device consists of,a wheel-derailing member, represented generallyb reference numeral 1, which is provided with the usual wheel-raisingincline 2 and the oblique flange groove 3. The said member is alsoprovided with two side members or flanges 4 and 5 which extenddownwardly on opposite sides of the rail and preferably to a point whichis be low the bottom of the base flange thereof. In this position thesaid side flanges are adapted 45 to have an endwise bearing upon the tie6,

.as shown in Fig. 2, which sustains the longitudinal pressure againstthe derail and prevents its slipping along the rail when 011- counteredby a moving wheel. 'lhe SIHH 5 'betw'een the side flanges 4'and 5 istermed herein a trough-shaped recess adapted to fit over the rail, andthe interior surfaces o! the said flanges are referred to as the si esof the said recess. It will be observed from the drawings that the saidsides flare outwardly or downwardly so that the head of the rail 5 fitsrather snugly in the apex of the recess i while the margins of the baseflange are sufliciently close to the side walls of the recess to form asupport for the derail, which serves to maintain it, or at least to aidin maintaining it, in its proper upright position upon the rail. Byreason of the flare or inverted V-shape of the recess, moreover, it ispossible to place the derail over rails of widely diil'eringsize withthe same efl'ect, as is clearly indicated by the dotted lines in 1Fig. 1. Filling flanges 7 may be formed on the walls of the recess toincrease the accuracy of the lit, especially with small rails. and asalso shown by Fig. 1. 'i he means for fastening the derail thus formed,to the rail, may be applied in various manners, but the presentinvention contemplates broadly a fastening means which is adjustable soas to secure the device with equal security to rails of different size.As shown herein this means consists of a removable locking bar 8 adaptedto be inserted under the rail, and be connected with the side members onopposite sides of said rail, so that when the device is secured inposition, it will completely encircle the rail.

The mode of attachment of the lockingdevice to the side members may bevaried from the construction illustrated in the drawings, but as showntherein it comprises a number of apertures )rovided in each of said sidemembers at res. ively difl'ereut or graded heights and the locaing baris adapted to be inserted into the proper aperture according to thevertical dimension of the rail. I iind that it is preferable to fastenthe derail to the rail as securely as possible, and I therefore form thelocking-bar 8 in the shape of a ,wedge which can be driven into theapertures so as thereby to bind the de rail firmly to the rail. Thewedge bars when driven home are secured in place by means of a flexibleconnection, such as the chain 9, which is secured to eyebolt-s 10 in theside flanges 4 and passes through a hole in the end of the wedge. A pin11 is inserted padlock applied to the pin secures the chain fromremoval. As shown herein, the fastening means are in duplicate, that isto say, two wedge bars are provided at each end of the derail and thechain passes through both wed es, but it will be understood that the numer of fastening means is immaterial to the principle of my invention.

through the chain next to the wedge and a derailed wheel leaves the deril block.

3% V erase In addition to the foregoing elements, the derail ispreferably, though not necessarily, provided with means for protectingthe secur mg means from injury by the members of the derailed vehicles.This means consists of a laterally projecting shell 12 formed as adeflector-plate inunediately above the fastening meansand below thepoint where the By means of this plate, the derailed wheels, instead offalling upon the projecting end of the wedge, as would otherwise be thecase, are. guided or deflected to one sidev and fall clear of thederail.

The derail is preferably formed of one in tefral'piece and thedownwardly extending si e flanges are braced by angle flanges formed inthe angle between said side aflanges and the derail-block. Likewise, the

deflector plate is similarly supported and re inforced by vertical.angle flanges between it and its side flange 4.

"Having described my invention, what I claimland desire to secure byUnited States Letters Patent is 1. A'portable derail, consisting of awheelderailing-block adapted to be independently supported upon therail, and a part carried by said ;wheelderailingblock extendeddownwardly to oint below the base flange of the rail and a apted toengage the tie.

2. A portable derail consisting of ,a wheelderailing block formed withan inverted trough-shape recess on its under side adapted to fit overthe rail, the sides of the said recess beingadapted to engage the baseflange of the rail. I

3' In a portablesderail, a wheel derailing block provided with anoblique wheehflange groove, and formed with an inverted troughshapedrecess adaoted t-o fit down overthe rail, the sides of said recess beingflared and extended downwardly in position tohave supporting bearingagainst the base flange of the rail. Q

a. A portable derail comprising a wheelderailing block and fasteningmeans therefor, said parts being adapted to completely encircle therails.

5. A portable derail deraihng block pro rded extending side'- flangesand vertical angle.

flanges disposed between said block and the side flanges.

5. A portable derail having means for securing it to the ran, incombination with a deflector plate above said means and adapted toprotect thesame from injury by the derailed member.

'7. A portable derail com rising a wheelderailing block provided with adownwardly prising a wheelextending side flange, mean-s associated withsaid flange for securing the derail to the rail and a shelf on said sideflange projecting over saidsec-uring means and adapted to protect thesame 8. A portable derail comprising a wheel-- derailing block provided.with a downwa y extending side flange, a laterally projecting shell onsaid flange and angle flanges be tween said shelf and the side flange.

9. A portable derail having downwardly extending side members adapted tobe disposed on opposite sides of the rail and re movable fastening meansadapted to be inserted beneath the rail and to connect with said sideflanges. i

10. A portable derail having downwardly extending side members reachingbelow the base flange of the rail and on opposite sides thereof, incombination with fastening means adapted to bei connected with saidmembers below the said base flange.

11. A portable derail having a side member adapted to extend belowthebase-flange wardly extending side flanges adapted to reach below thebase flange of the rail on each side thereof, the said flanges beingprovided with apertures, in combination with a wedge bar adapted to beinserted beneath the rail into said apertures and means in retainingsaid bar in such position. J 14. A ortable derail having apertnred sidemembers adapted to be disposed on oposite sides of the rail, a wedgeadapted to be inserted into said apertures and a flexible means adaptedto be rastened to said wedge and to the derail to retain the former inposition. I

15. A portable derail having side'inembers adapted'to be disposed onooposite sides of the rail, the said members eing provided with aertnres at diiierent heights therein, in com ination with locking meansadapted to be passed under the rail and be inserted in any of saidapertures.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to the specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

STANLEY w. earns

